Ice-cream-brick cutter



M'ay 27 1924. 1,495.59@

- J. P. HOGELUCHT I ICE. CREAM BRICK 'CUTTER Filqd Ap'ril 5o, 1921 2 sheets-Speer 2 31a/vanto@ Patented May 27, 1924.

UNITED STATES resse@ PATENT ermee.

JOSEPH PABRECK HOGELUCHT, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

ICE-CREAM-BRICK CUTTER.

.Application vfiled April 3U, 1921. Serial No. 465,783.

To all whom t lmay concern.'

Be it known that I, JOSEPH P. HOGELUCHT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ice-Cream- Brick Cutters, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved machine for cutting materials, such as 'ice cream, into small subdivisions.

An important object of the invention is the provision of an ice cream brick cutting machine, which will simultaneously cut a plurality of bricks in even and exact proportions.

A further object of the invention is the provision of an ice cream brick cutting machine of the above which will automatically cleanse the cutting means carried thereby, as well as clamp the ice cream supporting means after each operation, thus providing a sanitary and desirable arrangement.

F urther objects of the invention are the provision of an ice cream brick cutting machine, which is simple inconstruction;

rapid in operation; and one in which the various parts are -detachably assembled in practical manner for accessibility.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent during the course of the following detailed description.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and in which similar reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several views,

Figure. 1 is a plan view of the improved ice cream brick cutting machine.

Figure 2 is a cross sectional view taken on the line 2 2 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a transverse cross sectional view taken through the improved ice cream brick cutting machine, en the line 3 3 of Figure 1.

Figure Llis an end view of an operating attachn'ient used in connection with the improved ice cream brick cutting machine.

Figure 5 is a fragmentary cross sectional view taken on the line 5 of Figure 1.

Figure 6 is a fragmentary plan elevation of a ldetail of the improved machine.

1n the drawings, wherein for the purpose of illustration is shown the preferred embodiment of my invention, the letter A desdescribed character,

ignates a supporting casing having an endless conveyor B detachably assembled therein for rotation. A rotary cutter means C, operable by an attachment D, is provided in the casing A for cooperation with the endless conveyor B, to cut ice cream bricks. Suitable wiping means Eis provided in connection with the improved machine for cleansing the cutting means C; wiping means F being provided in the casing A for similarly cleansing the endless conveyor B. A spacing means G is provided for assembly to the casing A, to provide effective means of moving the conveyor A a predetermined distance, to cooperate with the cutting means C. A receiving means H is provided for cooperation with the conveyor means to receive the ice cream bricks asv they are out thereon.

The easing A is preferably of galvanized iron and in the form of a container, comprising a relatively long conveyor chamber 10, and a side chamber 11 for receiving the cutting means C and the improved wip' ing arrangement E.

The conveyor means B may be in various formations, however, the same preferably comprises a exible brass belt 13, substantially one-third the width of the conveyor chamber 10, and rotatably mounted therein adjacent a side 14, said side 14 being opposite the chamber 11. A plurality of ice cream receiving slats or blocks 15 are riveted or otherwise secured at 16, andA in spaced relation, to the outer surface of the endless conveyor 18. The blocks 15 are equal in length to substantially the internal widthk of the chamber 10, said blocks 15 being. secured at only one end to the endless conveyor belt to leave a portion 18 thereof proj ecting outwardly from the edge of conveyor belt 13, and which portion is adapted for receiving a body of ice cream to be separated into bricks.

The outer ends of the various blocks 15 are provided with roller attachments 19, for supporti-ng the conveyor means B in suitable runways 20 and 21. The runways 20 and 21 are preferably in the form of oval shaped channels, the rollers 19 being disposed interiorly of the channels and bearing upon the lower flange. It is preferred that the track or runway 2O be disposed interiorly of the chamber 10, and upon the side 14, inunbroken arrangement to provide proper sup` port of the various rollers 19 throughout llt their length of travel. The tracliway 2l is somewhat different from 'theltraclrway 20, the same being disposed upon the side of the casing l0, upon which the chamber l1 is formed, it being preferred that the upper portion of the trackway 2l be removed where the same is disposed adjacent the chaml'ier ll, to provide a proper arrangement for the cutting means C and which will subsequently be described in detail. The outer ends of the upper and lower flanges comprising the runway Q1 are outturned as at Q5, to provide ready entrance of the rollcls lD. The trackways and 2l extend substantially the entire length of the casing A, thus providing an endless conveyor means to occupy the interior of said casing A throughout the length of the chamber l0.

As the upper part of the conveyor B travels past the chamber ll, it will be seen that the outer portions 13 of the blocks l5 would sag, if no means were provided to 'tal-:e the place of that section of the runway 2l which is removed. 'llo supply this defect, suitable roller arrangements have been provided adapted for engaging beneath the various blocks innnediately adjacent their outer ends. 'llhese roller arrangements are supported by bars 3l extending from the side i4 of chamber l0, to the extreme outer side of chamber 1l, and properly affixed to said sides in any preferred manner. The roller arrangement 3l) preferably comprises a frame 33 provided with the flanges 34 adapted for rotatable reception of 'the relatively small rollers The rollers 35 are so spaced with respect to each other, that when the various arrangements 30 are positioned upon the bars 3l, a space 36 will occur between rollers 35 of adjacent devices 30. This space 3G is substantially equivalent to the various spaces 37 occurring between the blocks l5, said space likewise being provided for cooperation with the cutting means C, and which will subsequently be described.

The cutting means C is preferably rotative, including a shaft 40 rotatably mounted in a rectangular frame work 4l, which is secured to opposite ends of the casing ll, in any preferred manner. rlfhe extending arms 42 and 43 are provided with an overhead brace 44, said upstanding arms 42 and 43,

and overhead brace 44 preferably comprising the rectangular frame work 41. Blade retaining sockets 45 are detachably clamped in spaced relation upon the shaft 40, the

vspacing of said sockets 45 being arranged in alignment with the various spaces 37 as provided between adjacent blocks l5. rlhe blade retaining means 45 are provided with dianietrically opposite sockets 47 and 48 for detachable reception of suitable shanks upon the inner end of the cutting blades 49. In this arrangement, the blades 49 are diametrically opposed upon the retaining attachments 45, and in alignment with each other. Said blades are so arranged that the forward cutting edges 50 of each are spaced toward the conveyor B as the shaft 40 is rotated. The blades 49 are so positioned with respect to the conveyor B that as they are rotated by rotation of the shaft 40, thc cutting portion of said blades 49 will be rotated to intersect the spaces 37 of the conveyor B, and which operation will effect a cutting of the body of ice cream which is carried by the conveyor belt on the projecting portions 13 of the various blocks l5. ln

normal inoperative position, one blade 49 is disposed upwardly over the shaft 40, while the opposite blade 49 is disposed downward in the chamber 1l, as illustrated in Figure 3.

The means D for operating the rotative cutter C is adapted for manual operation. The same comprises a gear wheel keyed to an end of the shaft 40 which projects outwardly from the arm 43; a second gear wheel 56 of apj'iroximately the same size as gear wheel 55, which is in mesh with said gear wheel 55 and rotatably disposed upon a stub shaft bearing in the arm 43; and a relatively large gear wheel 57 in the ratio of twc to one to the gear wheels 55 and 56, the gear wheel 57 being rotatably disposed upon a stub shaft 58 bearing in the arm 43. An operating handle 59 is oscillatively disposed upon the stub shaft 58 and is provided with a pawl 6l pivotally mounted on said handle 59, and adapted for engagement with the teeth G2 upon the gear wheel 57. rllhe operating handle 59 is only adapted for one quarter of a revolution, and to limit this arc, a stop 63 is riveted or otherwise secured upwardly upon the cross member 44 to define the eXtreme upward position of the handle 59; while a lower stop G4 is rivet-ed or otherwise secured to the arm 43 and preferably at 900 with respect to the stop 63 whereby the handle 59 can be oscillated through an arc of 900.

`Since the gears 55, 56, and 57 are in mesh with each other, and due to the fact that theI ratio of said gear is 2 to l, it follows that upon rotation of the gear 57 upon its stub shaft 53, the shaft 40 will be oscillated through an arc of 180o. This oscillation of the handle 59 will have the ell'ect of movingthe various knives 49 which are positioned upwardly, down their respective faces 35 and 37 to assume the extreme lower position of the blades, thus having travelled through an are of 1300 with shaft 40.

ln operating the device, a body of icc cream is placed upon the projecting portions 1S of the conveyor means B, and as the same is moved forwardly by the means (l (which will be hereinafter more fully dcscribed) and upon oscillation of the rotary cutting means C, said ice cream will be severed into a plurality of blocks due to the cutting action of the upper blade 49. This handling of the ice cream will result in portions adhering to the blades 49, as well as adhering to the various blocks 15 of the conveyor means B.

To properly cleanse the blades Li9, the-improved means E has been provided and which includes the scraping means 67 and the wiping device 68. Each pair of blades L,t9 which are mounted upon the blade receiving member 4-5 is provided with devices (i7 and 68, which are mounted upon a plate or floor (S9, soldered or welded into horizontal position in the top of the chamber 11, substantially as illustrated in Figures 1 and 3 of the drawings. The floor 69 is provided with various slots 70 therein for free entrance and exit of the various blades 19 from the chamber 11. The scraping means 67 comprises a pair of rubber or fabric yieldable strips, which are positioned on the bottom of the floor 69 to meet at their longitudinal edges below a slot 70. The wiping means 68 each comprise a pair of triangularly shaped yieldable sections 71. abutting throughout the length ofthe slot 70 directly over said slot, and yieldably maintained in place by the resilient metal members 72, which are riveted or otherwise secured upon the top ofthefioor 69. Thus as a blade i9 is rotated by shaft upwardly from the chamber 11, the same is first scraped of any residue ice cream clinging thereto by the abutting edges of the pliable sections commising the scraping device 67; and as the knife is further rotated upwardly through the slot 7 0 in the ioor G9, it will be drawn through the contacting surfaces of adjacent wipers 71, and due to the fact that said wipers are closely held together by the members 72, said blade will be wiped clean of any material or liquid adhering thereto.

Itis preferred that some cleansing liquid, such as water, be disposed in the casing A to a height just short of the floor G9, whereby upon rotation of the conveyor means B, the lower portion of'said conveyor will be drawn through said liquid or water for properly cleansing the same from any residue material adhering thereto. In like manner, the knives 49 as they are drawn through the chamber 11 w-ill be swashed through the liquid in the casing A and preliminarily cleansed.

rlhe conveyor wiper F lpreferably comprises a piece of pliable material 7 5, such as rubber, or fabric, which is rigidly attached as by a structure 7 6 to the end 77 of casing A. The forward end of the pliable strip 75 projects from the casing 76 and contacts with the top surfaces of various blocks 15 as the conveyor arrangement B is rotated, thus effectively wiping said top surfaces,

which ordinarily come into contact with the ice cream.

The spacing means G which is adapted to properly move the conveyor B in cutting relation with the means C, includes a bar 78 mounted upwardly of the casing A and upon the side 14 thereof as by supporting brackets 79. A substantially Lshaped operating lever 8O is provided for reciprocation upon the rod 78, the same having a suitable aperture therein for such purpose. It is preferred that the lever 8O include a handle 81, and an outwardly extending arm 82, which projects over the belt arrangement 13 of the conveyor. The lever 8O is adapted for rocking upon the shaft 78, as well as for reciprocation, and the arm 82 thereof is provided with an extension 83 projecting downwardly toward the conveyor means B, said extension 83 adapted to project into the various spaces 37 of adjacent blocks 15 when in its downmost position, the lower edge of said eXtension 83 when in this position prefe'ably resting upon the brass conveying belt 13.

he brackets 79 are accurately spaced, whereby upon disposition of the extension 83 in a space 37, said lever arrangement 80 being in contact with the bracket 79 toward the feeding end of the container A, and upon forward movement of the handle 80 by reciprocation over the rod 78, the same will move the conveyor B by Contact of the eX- tension 83 with one of the blocks'l, and when the handle 8O has reached its most forward position as defined by a bracket 79 adjacent the eXit end of the casing A, the conveyor B will have been moved in proper position for operation of the cutting means C.

The brick receiving` arrangement H preferably comprises a table 90 which may be secured in any approved manner to the rear end of the casing A and preferably a short distance between the upper surface of the blocks 15, as illustrated in Figure 2 of the drawings. A pair of forward brick engaging projections 92 are provided to overlie the portions 18 of the various blocks 15 as they are rotated, and the forward ends of which projections 92 are bevelled to scrape the ice cream bricks from the conveyor B as the same is rotated, and for disposition on the table 90.

In actual operation of the device, a unit body of ice cream is disposed upon the conveyor B in such manner that the forward end of said body Will lie about flush with the forward end of the extension 11. The opera-tor neXt moves the shifting arrangement G to contact with the forward bracket 79 substantially as above described, and in moving the conveyor forward, the body of ice cream will be conveyed toward the exit end of the conveyor B, and into position to be operated on by the cutting means D.

llpon rotation ot the shaft Ll-O in the manner above described, the upper knife .il-9 will slice downwardly through the body ot ice cream, passing through the various spaces Se as detined by adjacent blocks l5, thus cuttingl the body oit ice cream on the conveyor into a plurality oi" bricks or even and exact proportions. llpon duplication ot the above operation, the bricks which have been cut will be scraped up by the projections 92 upon the receiving sha'tt 90, and a rear portion of uncutice cream will be again disposed to be operated upon by the ci'itting means C.

A drain device 95 is preferably provided upon the bottom or the casing iii. adjacent its 'feeding end 77 for the purpose of draining liquid from said casing.

From the foregoing description, it can be sven that a device has been perfected in Whicii the cutting means and the conveyor arrangement eooigicrate to exactly cut a body ot material, such as ice cream into bricks; and which arrangement likewise provides sanitary features, in that the liquid contained in the casing ri will vfash the blades and 'the blocks l5 ot the conveyor i3, the lieuid for Washing said blades and blocks being` scraped theretrom by the improved devices above described.

Various changes in the shape, size and arrangement ot parts may be made to the form ot my invention herein shown and described, Without deiiarting from the spirit ot the invention or the scope ot the claims.

l claim:

y l. A cutting machine comprisingl a rotary conveyor having spaced slots therein entending inwardly from one marginal edge thereof, ineens 'tor supporting said conveyor adjacent said slots and leaving the same unobstructed, rotary cutting means disposed adjacent the edge ot said conveyor in which said slots are termed, and means for eiiiecting a movement ot the cutting means in order that the same may intersect entirely through the slots therein lor slicing material disposed upon said conveyor.

in ice cream brick cutting machine, comprising in combination a casing adapted to contain a cleansing liquid, a conveyor tor carrying bodies ot ice cream, and cuttingmeans for sub-dividing said bodies ot ice cream into bricks, said conveyor and cutting means adapted to enter the liquid in said casing),l A tor cleansing purposes.

3. An ice cream brick cutting machine, comprising in combination a casing ttor containing a cleansing liquid, conveying means rotatably carried by said casing, cutter means in said casing, said conveyor and cutter means adapted for entering said cleans ing liquid at'tei contact with ice cream ttor cleansing the same, and wiping means for drying said conveyor and cutting means.

in ice cream brick cut-ting machine. comprising lin combination a conveyor, spae means tor manually advancingl said conve),y n: a predeterniined dista-nce, and cutter means adapted 'for ii'itersection through said conveyor for subdividing ice cream upon said conveyor.

An. vice cream brick cutting machine, con'iprising in combination, a conveyor, a plurality ot supportine' blocks carried by said conveyor, a portion oi each ot said blocks projecting outwardly from said conveyor roi' supporting a bodv ot ice cream, and cutting means for intersecting action with said projecting portions oit the blocks to subdivide a bocy of ice cream thereon into a plurality oit ice cream bricks.

6. An ice cream brick cutting machine, comprising in combination a casing, a conveyor rotatably disposed in said casing, rotary cutting blades coaction upon said conveyor to sever ice cream bodies thereon into bricks, means for operating said cutter blades in proper relation to said conveyor, means Jlor washing said conveyor and cutter blades, means for wiping said conveyor and cutter blades, spacing means dtor moving said conveyor to proper position, and means for receiving ice cream bricks from said conveyor.

Y. .fin ice cream brick cutting machine, comprising` in combination a supporting casing, conveyor means in said casing includingl a belt and a plurality of blocks, each ot said blocks supported at one end upon said conveyor belt and provided with a projecting end for supporting ice cream bodies, cutter means for coaction with said projecting block ends to slice ice cream thereon into brick formation, and means lfor supportingI the projecting` ends of said blocks both during rotary movement on the belt, and during the brick cutting operation.

8. An ice cream brick cutting machine, comprising in combination a conveyor, cutting means for co-action with said conveyor to slice bodies of ice cream upon said conveyor into brick formation, a pair ot stationary supports, a bar carried by said stationary supports, and a manually operated rocking lever reciprocably disposed upon said bar for coaction between said stationary supports to move said conveyor a predetermined position vwith respect to said cutter means.

9. lfn a cutting machine, the combination of a casing, cutting means mounted adjacent one side of said casing, an endless track disposed upon one side of said casing` opposite said cutting means, a second track disposed upon a side of said casing adjacentsaid cui# ting means, and having an upper portion ot said track removed for action ot said cutting means, a conveyor belt, spaced supporting blocks mounted upon said belt for rotalll() llO tion therewith, rollers upon the ends of said blocks, and for disposition Within the tracks in said casing to support said conveyor belt and blocks in endless rotation in said easing, and roller means for supporting said blocks adjacent the removed upper section of said track, for coaction with said cutter means to permit cutting oi bodies upon said conveyor, and at the same time for supporting said conveyor during rotation.

10. An ice cream brick cutting machine, comprising in combination a casing adapted lor containingcleansing liquids, a conveyor rotatably mounted in said easing for containing plastic bodies, cutting means operatively' mounted adjacent said conveyor for slicing bodies placed upon said conveyor into brick formation, said cutting means adapted for svvashing through said cleansing liquid after a cutting operation for primarily cleansing the saine, a flexible scraping device mounted upon said casing or removing residue plastic material adhering to said cutting blades, and flexible wiping means resiliently disposed upon said casing for wiping and drying said blades for a succeeding operation.

1l. A cutting machine of the class de scribed `comprising a movable endless belt conveyor having slots transversely therethrough, and cuttingA means for transverse action through the slots of said belt conveyor whereby to subdivide bodies upon said conveyor as they are moved into the intersecting action of said cutting means.

JOSEPH PABRECK HOGELU CHT. 

